Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/pʰʷe

This Proto-Bodish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwaj; cognate to Burmese ဖွဲ (hpwai:, “bran”).

Noun

*pʰʷe[1]

  1. flour

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: ཕྱེ (phye)
    • Sherpa: ཕེ (phe)
    • Tibetan: ཕྱེ (phye)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
  • East Bodish
    • Khengkha: ཕི (phi)
    • Kurtöp: ཕཱི (phî)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 106
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